Google's Jet Fleet Loses a NASA Fuel Perk

9/12/2013 4:09PM

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the Department of Defense ended a little-known arrangement that allowed the billionaires to travel on sharply discounted jet fuel bought from the Pentagon. Mark Maremont reports. Photo: Getty Images.

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